S Con Res 70 in Congressional Session 110

Official Summary

 

Bill Number : S Con Res 70

 

Title : An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.

 

SUMMARY AS OF:
5/20/2008--Conference report filed in House.    (There are 4 other summaries)

Sets forth the congressional budget for the federal government for FY2009, including the appropriate budgetary levels for FY2008 and FY2010-FY2013.

 

 

Title I:

Recommended Levels and Amounts

 

(Sec. 101)

Lists recommended budgetary levels and amounts, for FY2008-FY2013, with respect to:

  • federal revenues
  • new budget authority
  • budget outlays
  • deficits (on-budget)
  • debt subject to limit
  • debt held by the public

 

 

(Sec. 102)

Lists the appropriate levels of new budget authority, outlays, and administrative expenses for Social Security, U.S. Postal Service discretionary administrative expenses, and specified major functional categories for FY2008-FY2013.

 

Title II:

Reserve Funds - Subtitle A: House Reserve Funds

 

(Sec. 201)

Creates certain deficit-neutral reserve funds, subject to specified conditions, for legislation concerning:

  • the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
  • America's veterans and servicemembers
  • education benefits for servicemembers, veterans, and their families
  • infrastructure investment
  • renewable energy and energy efficiency
  • middle-income tax relief and economic equity
  • alternative minimum tax revision
  • higher education
  • affordable housing
  • Medicare improvements
  • health care quality, effectiveness, and efficiency
  • Medicaid and other programs
  • a 9/11 health program
  • trade adjustment assistance (TAA) and unemployment insurance modernization
  • county payments legislation
  • San Joaquin River restoration and Navajo Nation Water Rights settlements
  • the National Park Centennial Fund
  • child support enforcement
  • children and families.

 

(Sec. 220)

Authorizes the Chairman of the House Committee on the Budget, for FY2009-FY2013, to increase the revenue aggregates by $340.570 billion for such fiscal years, if the House adopts legislation: (1) increasing the deficit; or (2) reducing the surplus for FY2008-FY2013 or for FY2008-FY2018 and decreasing total revenues for FY2009-FY2013 below the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline for this budget resolution.

 

Subtitle B: Senate Reserve Funds

 

(Sec. 221)

Provides for certain deficit-neutral reserve funds, subject to certain conditions, for legislation for:

  • strengthening and stimulating the American economy and providing economic relief to American families
  • improving education
  • investing in America's infrastructure;
  • investing in clean energy, preserving the environment, and providing for certain settlements
  • enhancing certain health benefits America's veterans and servicemembers
  • enhancing certain education benefits for servicemembers, veterans, and their families
  • improving America's health
  • revising the alternative minimum tax (AMT)
  • revising judicial pay and judgeships
  • improving immigration enforcement and reform
  • financing development of science parks
  • terminating deductions from mineral revenue payments to states
  • increasing use of recovery audits; (14) enhancing food safety
  • establishing a demonstration project for state Medicaid coverage of low-income HIV-infected individuals
  • reducing the income threshold for the refundable child tax credit, and other selected tax relief policies
  • establishing a 9/11 health program.

 

 

Title III:

Budget Enforcement

 

Subtitle A: House Enforcement Provisions

 

(Sec . 301)

Provides for adjustments to discretionary spending limits, budgetary aggregates, and allocations for:

  • continuing disability reviews and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) redeterminations by the Social Security Administration (SSA)
  • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax compliance
  • the health care fraud and abuse control program
  • unemployment insurance improper payments reviews.

 

Provides that, if legislation is adopted that makes appropriations for FY2008 or FY2009 for overseas deployments and related activities, then the allocation to the House Committee on Appropriations may be adjusted up to the amounts of budget authority and new outlays provided in this resolution for such fiscal year. Exempts from certain requirements of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (CBA) any appropriations for such deployments and activities that exceed such budget authority. Exempts from certain CBA requirements any new budget authority and outlays resulting from adoption of legislation that makes emergency appropriations for nondefense discretionary spending. Directs the Chairman of the House Committee on the Budget to make appropriate adjustments in allocations and aggregates to reflect the difference between any supplemental FY2008 appropriations and the corresponding levels assumed in this resolution.

(Sec. 302)

Prohibits House legislation that would require advance appropriations, except for certain FY2010 or FY2011 programs, projects, activities, or accounts.

 

 

Subtitle B: Senate Enforcement Provisions

(Sec. 311)

Requires the Director of CBO to prepare for each bill and joint resolution reported from committee (including amendments and conference reports), except measures within the Senate Committee on Appropriations' jurisdiction, an estimate of whether the measure would cause, relative to current law, a net increase in deficits in excess of $5 billion in any of the four consecutive 10-year periods beginning with the first fiscal year that is a decade after the budget year provided for in the most recently adopted budget resolution. Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation that would cause such a net increase in deficits in such periods. Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate.

 

(Sec. 312)

Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation that would cause the discretionary spending limits in this section to be exceeded. Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate. Extends Senate discretionary spending limits for FY2008-FY2009. Provides for adjustments to discretionary spending limits, budgetary aggregates, and allocations for:

  • continuing disability reviews and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) redeterminations for the Social Security Administration (SSA)
  • Internal Revenue Service (IRS) tax enforcement
  • health care fraud and abuse control
  • unemployment insurance improper payments reviews
  • adjustments for overseas deployments and other activities
  • supplemental appropriations for FY2008 and FY2009, if such legislation is enacted

 

 

(Sec. 313)

Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation that would require advanced appropriations other than for:

  • any FY2010-FY2011 programs, projects, activities, or accounts identified in the accompanying joint explanatory statement of managers, but only in an aggregate of up to $28.852 billion in new budget authority in each year
  • the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate.

 

(Sec. 314)

Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation which includes a provision that constitutes a change in mandatory programs producing net costs that would have been estimated as affecting direct spending or receipts under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) were they included in non-appropriations legislation. Subjects such a provision to a point of order if:

  • it would increase budget authority in at least one of the nine fiscal years that follow the budget year and over the total of the budget year and the nine ensuing fiscal years
  • it would increase net outlays over the total period of such ensuing fiscal years
  • the sum total of all changes in mandatory programs in the legislation would increase such net outlays. Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate.

 

(Sec. 315)

Makes it out of order to consider in the Senate any legislation (except measures within the Committee on Appropriation's jurisdiction) that would cause a net increase in the deficit in excess of $10 billion in any fiscal year provided for in the most recently adopted budget resolution unless it is fully offset over all fiscal years provided for in such resolution. Permits waiver or suspension of such prohibition, or successful appeals from rulings of the Chair, only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths (60) of the Senate.

 

Subtitle C: Other Provisions

 

(Sec. 321)

Requires all House and Senate committees to:

  • review programs within their jurisdiction to root out waste, fraud, and abuse in program spending, giving particular scrutiny to issues raised by Government Accountability Office (GAO) reports
  • recommend, based on these oversight efforts and committee performance reviews, improved governmental performance in annual views and estimates reports to the appropriate Committee on the Budget.

 

(Sec. 322)

Requires the joint explanatory statement accompanying the conference report on any budget resolution in the House or Senate to include in its allocations to the appropriate Committee on Appropriations amounts for the discretionary administrative expenses of the SSA and of the Postal Service.

 

 

Title IV:

Policy

 

(Sec. 401)

Declares the policy of the House of Representatives on: (1) middle-income tax relief; and (2) defense priorities.

Title V:

Sense of the Senate and Congress -

 

Subtitle A: Sense of the Senate

 

(Sec. 501)

Expresses the sense of the Senate on Medicaid administrative regulations.

 

Subtitle B: Sense of Congress

 

(Sec. 511)

Expresses the sense of Congress on:

  • service members' and veterans' health care and other priorities
  • homeland security
  • long-term fiscal reform
  • waste, fraud, and abuse
  • extension of the statutory PAYGO rule
  • long-term budgeting
  • affordable health coverage
  • pay parity
  • sub-prime lending and foreclosures
  • the need to maintain and build upon efforts to fight hunger
  • the importance of child support enforcement
  • the Innovation Agenda of the President's Council on Innovation and Competitiveness under the America COMPETES Act.

Votes

Title : An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.
Votes in the US Senate
Roll NumberVote DateQuestionDescriptionVote Result
1422008-06-04On the Conference ReportS. Con. Res. 70 Conference Report; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.A
1352008-05-15On the MotionGregg Motion to Instruct Conferees (Discretionary Spending) re: S. Con. Res. 70; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.R
1342008-05-15On the MotionVitter Motion to Instruct Conferees (OCS) re: S. Con. Res. 70; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.R
1332008-05-15On the MotionDeMint Motion to Instruct Conferees (China - India) re: S. Con. Res. 70; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.R
1322008-05-15On the MotionBoxer Motion to Instruct Conferees (China - India) re: S. Con. Res. 70; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.A
1312008-05-15On the MotionGregg Motion to Instruct Conferees (Tax Increase) re: S. Con. Res. 70; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.R
852008-03-14On the Concurrent ResolutionS. Con. Res. 70 as Amended; An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.A
842008-03-14On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4299Vitter Amdt. No. 4299; Expressing the sense of the Senate regarding the need for comprehensive legislation to legalize the importation of prescription drugs from highly industrialized countries with safe pharmaceutical infrastructures.A
832008-03-14On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4245Biden Amdt. No. 4245; To restore full funding for the international affairs budget, in support of the reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan, nuclear nonproliferation, foreign assistance, fighting global AIDS, promoting sustainable development, and other efforts, with an offset.A
822008-03-14On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4339DeMint Amdt. No. 4339; To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for providing an above the line Federal income tax deduction for individuals purchasing health insurance outside the workplace.R
812008-03-14On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4233Allard Amdt. No. 4233; To require that legislation to reauthorize SCHIP include provisions codifying the unborn child regulation.R
802008-03-14On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4379Boxer Amdt. No. 4379; To facilitate coverage of pregnant women in SCHIP.A
792008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4380DeMint Amdt. No. 4380; To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for transferring funding for Berkeley, CA earmarks to the Marine Corps.R
782008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4276Grassley Amdt. No. 4276 as Modified; To exempt from pay-as-you-go enforcement modifications to the individual alternative minimum tax (AMT) that prevent millions of additional taxpayers from having to pay the AMT.R
772008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4372Kyl Amdt. No. 4372; To protect small businesses, family ranches and farms from the Death Tax by providing a $5 million exemption, a low rate for smaller estates and a maximum rate no higher than 35%.R
762008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4378Landrieu Amdt. No. 4378; To protect family businesses and farmers without increasing our nation's debt by providing for an estate tax that sets the exemption at $5 million and the rate at 35 percent, with the benefits of the exemption recaptured for estates over $100 million, paid for by closing tax loopholes that allow offshore deferral of compensation and transactions entered into solely for the purpose of avoiding taxation.R
752008-03-13On the Motion S.Amdt. 4347Motion to Waive C.B.A. DeMint Amdt No. 4347; To establish an earmark moratorium for fiscal year 2009.R
742008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4348Kyl Amdt. No. 4348; To provide certainty to taxpayers by extending expiring tax provisions such as the Ramp;D Tax Credit that helps US companies innovate, combat pay exclusion for our soldiers in the field, the education deduction to make colleges more affordable and the alternative energy incentives to make the environment cleaner through the end of 2009.R
732008-03-13On the Motion S.Amdt. 4313Motion to Waive C.B.A. Cornyn Amdt. No. 4313; To protect the family budget from runaway Government spending by increasing the number of Senators necessary to waive the PAYGO Point of Order from 60 to 100.R
722008-03-13On the Motion S.Amdt. 4340Motion to Waive C.B.A. DeMint Amdt. No. 4340; To create a point of order against bills that would raise gasoline prices.R
712008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4335Ensign Amdt. No. 4335; To increase funding for the Department of Justice for the vigorous enforcement of a prohibition against taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions consistent with the Child Custody Protection Act, which passed the Senate by a bipartisan vote of 65-34, with an offset.R
702008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4368Boxer Amdt. No. 4368 as Modified; To increase funding for the Department of Justice for the vigorous enforcement of laws protecting children.A
692008-03-13On the Motion to Table S.Amdt. 4309Motion to Table Vitter Amdt. No. 4309; To create a reserve fund to ensure that Federal assistance does not go to sanctuary cities that ignore the immigration laws of the United States and create safe havens for illegal aliens and potential terrorists.A
682008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4197Kohl Amdt. No. 4197; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for a 3-year extension of the pilot program for national and State background checks on direct patient access employees of long-term care facilities or providers.A
672008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4284Brownback Amdt. No. 4284; To provide funds for a Commission on Budgetary Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies.A
662008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4232Allard Amdt. No. 4232; To pay down the Federal debt and eliminate government waste by reducing spending 5 percent on programs rated (as mandated under the Government Performance and Results Act (Public Law 103-62)) ineffective by the Office of Management and Budget Program Assessment Rating Tool.R
652008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4328DeMint Amdt. No. 4328; To provide for a deficit-neutral reserve fund for Social Security reform.R
642008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4218Sanders Amdt. No. 4218; To put children ahead of millionaires and billionaires by restoring the pre-2001 top income tax rate for people earning over $1 million, and use this revenue to invest in LIHEAP; IDEA; Head Start; Child Care; nutrition; school construction and deficit reduction.R
632008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4240Ensign Amdt. No. 4240; To require wealthy Medicare beneficiaries to pay a greater share of their Medicare Part D premiums.R
622008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4246Allard Amdt. No. 4246; To raise taxes by an unprecedented $1.4 trillion for the purpose of fully funding 111 new or expanded federal spending programs.R
612008-03-13On the Motion S.Amdt. 4242Motion to Waive C.B.A. Cornyn Amdt. No. 4242; To protect the family budget by providing for a budget point of order against legislation that increases income taxes on taxpayers, including hard-working middle-income families, entrepreneurs, and college students.R
602008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4231Sessions Amdt. No. 4231; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund for border security, immigration enforcement, and criminal alien removal programs.A
592008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4259Menendez Amdt. No. 4259; To establish a reserve fund for immigration reform and enforcement.A
582008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4222Alexander Amdt. No. 4222; To take $670,000 used by the EEOC in bringing actions against employers that require their employees to speak English, and instead use the money to teach English to adults through the Department of Education's English Literacy/Civics Education State Grant program.A
572008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4350Kennedy Amdt. No. 4350; To increase funding for the Department of Education's English Literacy-Civics Education State Grant program, with an offset.A
562008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4207Alexander Amdt. No. 4207 as Modified; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve energy efficiency and production.R
552008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4329Bill Nelson Amdt. No. 4329; To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund to improve energy efficiency and production.A
542008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4198Dorgan Amdt. No. 4198; To increase the Indian Health Service by $1 billion in FY 2009.A
532008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4203Specter Amdt. No. 4203; To increase funding for the National Institutes of Health and the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program.A
522008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4192Bunning Amdt. No. 4192 as Modified; To repeal the tax increase on Social Security benefits imposed by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.R
512008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4204Conrad Amdt. No. 4204; To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for repealing the 1993 increase in the income tax on Social Security benefits.A
502008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4191Kyl Amdt. No. 4191; To protect small businesses, family ranches and farms from the Death Tax by providing a $5 million exemption, a low rate for smaller estates and a maximum rate no higher than 35%.R
492008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4196Salazar Amdt. No. 4196 as Modified; To reform the estate tax to avoid subjecting thousands of families, family businesses, and family farms and ranches to the estate tax.R
482008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4189Upon Reconsideration Specter Amdt. No. 4189; To repeal section 13203 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 by restoring the Alternative Minimum Tax rates that had been in effect prior thereto.R
472008-03-13On the Motion to Reconsider S.Amdt. 4189Motion to Reconsider Amdt. No. 4189; To repeal section 13203 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 by restoring the Alternative Minimum Tax rates that had been in effect prior thereto.A
462008-03-13On the Motion S.Amdt. 4189Motion to Table Motion to Reconsider; To repeal section 13203 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 by restoring the Alternative Minimum Tax rates that had been in effect prior thereto.R
452008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4189Specter Amdt. No. 4189; To repeal section 13203 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 by restoring the Alternative Minimum Tax rates that had been in effect prior thereto.R
442008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4190Conrad Amdt. No. 4190; To add a deficit-neutral reserve fund for repealing the 1993 rate increase for the alternative minimum tax for individuals.A
432008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4170Graham Amdt. No. 4170 as Modified; To protect families, family farms and small businesses by extending the income tax rate structure, raising the death tax exemption to $5 million and reducing the maximum death tax rate to no more than 35%; to keep education affordable by extending the college tuition deduction; and to protect senior citizens from higher taxes on their retirement income, maintain U.S. financial market competitiveness, and promote economic growth by extending the lower tax rates on dividends and capital gains.R
422008-03-13On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4160Baucus Amdt. No. 4160; To provide tax relief to middle-class families and small businesses, property tax relief to homeowners, relief to those whose homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, and tax relief to America's troops and veterans.A
Votes in the US House
Roll NumberVote DateQuestionDescriptionVote Result
3822008-06-05On Agreeing to the Conference Report The Congressional Budget ResolutionP
3212008-05-14On Motion to Instruct Conferees The Congressional Budget ResolutionF

Sponsors

 
Congressional Sponsors of S Con Res 70
 
Bill Number : S Con Res 70
Title : An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.
Sponsor: Sen Conrad, Kent [ND] (introduced 3/7/2008)      
COSPONSOR(S): ****NONE****

Other Info

Bill Number : S Con Res 70
Title : An original concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2009 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2008 and 2010 through 2013.
 
MAJOR ACTIONS:
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MAJOR ACTIONS:
 
3/7/2008 Introduced in Senate
 
3/7/2008 Committee on the Budget. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Conrad. Without written report.
 
3/14/2008 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 44. Record Vote Number: 85.
 
5/14/2008 Passed/agreed to in House: On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection.
 
5/20/2008 Conference report H. Rept. 110-659 filed.
 
6/4/2008 Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 45. Record Vote Number: 142.
 
6/5/2008 Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 214 - 210 (Roll no. 382).
 
ALL ACTIONS:
 
3/7/2008:Committee on the Budget. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Conrad. Without written report.
 
3/7/2008:Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 612. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1747-1754)
 
3/10/2008:Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S1791-1814)
 
3/11/2008:Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1832-1839, S1839-1869, S1895-1909)
 
3/12/2008:Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S1916, S1917-1992, S2029-2032)
 
3/13/2008:Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S2036-2067, CR
 
3/14/2008 S2069-2118)
 
3/14/2008:Resolution agreed to in Senate with amendments by Yea-Nay Vote. 51 - 44. Record Vote Number: 85. (text: CR
 
3/31/2008 S2238-2250)
 
3/31/2008 2:03pm:Received in the House.
 
3/31/2008:Message on Senate action sent to the House.
 
3/31/2008 2:31pm:Held at the desk.
 
5/14/2008 5:28pm:Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1190. (consideration: CR H3828-3846, H3856-3857)
 
5/14/2008 5:28pm:Rule provides for consideration of S. Con. Res. 70 and H. Con. Res. 312. Measure will be considered read. The rule adopts as an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text H. Con. Res. 312 as adopted by the House, adopts S. Con. Res. 70, as amended, and provides that the House insists on its amendment and requests a conference with the Senate.
 
5/14/2008 5:30pm:The House struck all after the resolving clause and inserted in lieu thereof the provisions of a similar measure H. Con. Res. 312. Agreed to without objection.
 
5/14/2008 5:30pm:On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to without objection. (text: CR H3828-3846)
 
5/14/2008 5:32pm:On motion that the House insist upon its amendment, and request a conference Agreed to without objection. (consideration: CR H3828)
 
5/14/2008 5:34pm:Mr. Ryan (WI) moved that the House instruct conferees.
 
5/14/2008 5:34pm:The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Ryan(WI) motion to instruct conferees on S. Con. Res. 70. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the managers on the part of the House to increase negative budget authority and outlays in section 101(19), function 920(Allowances) of the House amendment, by $2.02 billion over the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2013.
 
5/14/2008 6:33pm:The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H3854)
 
5/14/2008 6:34pm:POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Ryan(WI) motion to instruct conferees on S.Con.Res. 70, the Chair put the question on the adoption of the motion to instruct conferees and the noes had prevailed. Mr. Ryan(WI) demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the question of adoption of the motion to instruct conferees until later in the legislative day.
 
5/14/2008:Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill and House requests a conference.
 
5/14/2008 7:16pm:On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 185 - 229 (Roll no. 321). (consideration: CR H3856-3857)
 
5/14/2008 7:16pm:Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
 
5/14/2008 7:24pm:The Speaker appointed conferees: Spratt, DeLauro, Edwards, Ryan (WI), and Barrett (SC).
 
5/15/2008:Senate disagreed to House amendment and agreed to request for conference. (consideration: CR S4247-4267; text: CR S4247-4248)
 
5/15/2008:Motion by Senator Gregg to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4248-4251, S4263-4264; text: CR S4248)
 
5/15/2008:Motion by Senator Kyl to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4251-4253; text: CR S4251)
 
5/15/2008:Motion by Senator DeMint to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4253-4255, S4265-4266; text: CR S4253)
 
5/15/2008:Motion by Senator Boxer to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4255-4257, S4264-4265; text: CR S4255)
 
5/15/2008:Motion by Senator Gregg to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4257-4258, S4267; text: CR S4257)
 
5/15/2008:Motion by Senator Gregg to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4258; text: CR S4258)
 
5/15/2008:Motion by Senator Vitter to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4258-4260, S4266-4267; text: CR S4258-4259)
 
5/15/2008:Motion by Senator Conrad to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4261-4263; text: CR S4261)
 
5/15/2008:Motion by Senator Gregg to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4263; text: CR S4263)
 
5/15/2008:Motion by Senator Gregg to instruct Senate conferees made in Senate. (consideration: CR S4263; text: CR S4263)
 
5/15/2008:Motion by Senator Gregg to instruct Senate conferees to insist on the inclusion in the final conference report the point of order against the consideration of a budget resolution in the Senate that does not contain a section regarding gross federal debt disclosure as contained in section 223 of the concurrent resolution as passed by the Senate, and further, that the conferees be instructed to include a debt disclosure section in the final conference report that itemizes the overall debt increase and the per person debt increase assumed by the final conference report agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
 
5/15/2008:Motion by Senator Gregg to instruct Senate conferees to insist that the final conference report include the individual points of order that empowers the Senate to prevent future budget resolutions from raiding Social Security; enforces transparency during Senate consideration of the congressional budget by requiring disclosure of the gross federal debt held by the nation; strengthens the integrity of the reconciliation process; and provides an additional tool to thwart any net increase in deficits in the long term (four ten year periods after 2018), as contained in sections 226, 223/224, 202 and 201, respectively, of the concurrent resolution as passed by the Senate agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
 
5/15/2008:Motion by Senator Gregg to instruct Senate conferees rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 44 - 51. Record Vote Number: 131.
 
5/15/2008:Motion by Senator Conrad to instruct Senate conferees to insist that the revenue levels in the resolution include the cost of providing relief from the Alternative Minimum Tax in 2008, so that the number of taxpayers affected by the AMT does not increase and thereby more than 20 million middle-class families would be protected from paying higher taxes; to insist on the Senate position of providing for the extension of expiring and expired tax relief that has been routinely extended in past years, including tax relief such as the research and experimentation tax credit, the deduction for state and local sales taxes, the deduction for classroom expenses, the deduction for qualified education expenses, the incentive for the charitable IRA rollover, the combat pay earned income tax credit, and various energy tax incentives; and, insist that every effort should be made to offset the cost of these policies by closing the tax gap, shutting down abusive tax shelters, addressing offshore tax havens, and without raising taxes agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
 
5/15/2008:Motion by Senator Kyl to instruct Senate conferees to reject the House amendment that assumes $110 billion in tax increases as a result of having to offset the extension of tax policies that expired at the end of 2007 and will expire at the end of 2008 (including the AMT patch, the research and experimentation tax credit, the state and local sales tax deduction, the combat pay earned income tax credit, education tax credits, and the alternative energy tax credits) and insist that the final conference report include in the recommended levels and amounts in Title I reductions in revenues commensurate with extending these tax policies without offsetting tax increases agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
 
5/15/2008:Motion by Senator Gregg to instruct Senate conferees to insist on the inclusion in the final conference report section 311 of S. Con. Res. 70, the deficit neutral reverse fund to improve energy efficiency and production, as passed by the Senate, and that such section include an additional requirement that the legislation also encourages the removal of existing barriers to building new zero-emission nuclear power plants in the United States agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
 
5/15/2008:Motion by Senator Boxer to instruct Senate conferees that no legislation providing for new mandates on greenhouse gas emissions should be enacted until it effectively addresses imports from China, India and other nations that have no similar emissions programs agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 55 - 40. Record Vote Number: 132.
 
5/15/2008:Motion by Senator DeMint to instruct Senate conferees rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 34 - 61. Record Vote Number: 133.
 
5/15/2008:Motion by Senator Vitter to instruct Senate conferees rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 44 - 51. Record Vote Number: 134.
 
5/15/2008:Motion by Senator Gregg to instruct Senate conferees rejected in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 48. Record Vote Number: 135.
 
5/15/2008:Senate appointed conferees. Conrad; Murray; Wyden; Gregg; Domenici.
 
5/16/2008:Message on Senate action sent to the House.
 
5/20/2008 4:29pm:Conference report H. Rept. 110-659 filed. (text of conference report: CR H4217-4278)
 
5/20/2008:Conferees agreed to file conference report.
 
5/20/2008 8:11pm:Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1214 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to S. Con. Res. 70 with 1 hour of general debate. All points of order against the conference report and against its consideration are waived. The conference report shall be considered as read.
 
5/21/2008 1:55pm:Rule H. Res. 1214 passed House.
 
6/3/2008:Conference papers: Senate report and manager's statement held at the desk in Senate.
 
6/4/2008:Pursuant to the order of the Senate of June 3, 2008, the Senate voted on adoption of the conference report to accompany S.Con.Res. 70.
 
6/4/2008:Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 48 - 45. Record Vote Number: 142. (consideration: CR S5005-5008)
 
6/5/2008 10:58am:Mr. Spratt brought up conference report H. Rept. 110-659 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 1214. (consideration: CR H4989-5001)
 
6/5/2008 10:59am:DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour debate on the conference report to accompany S. Con. Res. 70.
 
6/5/2008 12:12pm:The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H5001)
 
6/5/2008 12:12pm:POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the conference report to accompany S.Con.Res.70 the yeas and nays were ordered. The Chair postponed further proceedings on the conference report to accompany S.Con.Res. 70 until later in the legislative day.
 
6/5/2008 12:48pm:The House proceeded to consider the conference report H.Rept. 110-659 as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5003)
 
6/5/2008 1:04pm:Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
 
6/5/2008 1:04pm:On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 214 - 210 (Roll no. 382). (consideration: CR H5003)
 
6/5/2008:Message on Senate action sent to the House.